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Re: [PATCH/RFA] Allow register other than SP for DWARF2 CFA


On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 09:12:17AM -0700, Richard Henderson wrote:

 > Then Jason mis-spoke when he said "caller's saveregmask"?
 > Or is it the case that a function's saved registers are
 > saved when it makes a call, rather than on funcition entry?

D'oh, yes, sorry.  The regmask in the call frame is that of the target
of the "calls", i.e. the callee.  "I use these regs, so save the caller's
copies of those, so I can use them with reckless abandon."

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>


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